On the search of History of the Toothbrush
By blogger in Toothbrush | 1 comment
One of the most common questions comes into the mind sometimes about the origin of the toothbrush. Surprisingly nobody is much bothered about the origin of such a common article of daily use, but it is better to some knowledge about it. There are several schools of thought available on the history of the toothbrush. Since ancient time a variety of oral hygiene measures have been used world over. This fact has been verified by the historians during various excavations done all over the world, in which toothpicks, chewsticks, tree twigs, strips of linen, bird feathers, animal bones and porcupine quills were recovered. Ancient Indian people used the neem twigs and its products to create toothbrushes and similar products for millennia. In the Muslim world, the miswak twig or root with antiseptic properties was widely used. Rubbing baking soda or chalk against the teeth was also a common practice. There is evidence that there was another form of the toothbrush existed dating up to 3000 BC. This type of the toothbrush was found within pyramids. These toothbrushes were crafted from a stick and the end of the stick was thrashed so that the fibers of the wood were softer. This stick was then rubbed against the teeth. The difference between the Indian and Egyptian practice was only that the Indian practice encouraged the use if a new twig for brushing and the brush was formed at one end of the twig by continuously chewing it.
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